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biscuits and gravy baked in a pie iron
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Biscuits and Gravy in a Pie Iron

We're sharing a way to enjoy biscuits and gravy while camping by using our pie irons. Its easy when you make the gravy at home in advance.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Campfire Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: breakfast, camping, convenience products, pie iron, sausage
Servings: 4 people

Equipment

  • Camping Stove
  • Skillet
  • Pie Irons

Ingredients

Sausage Gravy

  • 1 lb ground sausage mild or spicy
  • vegetable oil optional
  • 6 tbsp flour
  • 3 cups milk
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • crushed red pepper optional

Pie Iron Biscuits

  • cooking spray
  • 1 tube biscuit dough
  • hot sauce optional

Instructions

Making the Gravy at Home

  • In a large skillet, crumble and brown your ground sausage over medium-high heat, roughly 8 minutes or until thoroughly cooked, stirring frequently.
  • Drain, reserving the drippings, and place sausage aside.
  • Measure out 1 tablespoon of drippings, supplementing with cooking oil if necessary. Return to skillet.
  • Add flour to skillet, stirring with wire whisk until well blended. Cook over medium heat until browned, roughly 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
  • Gradually add milk; cook until mixture comes to a boil and thickens, stirring constantly.
  • Reduce heat to medium-low and return sausage to skillet. Simmer 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper, crushed red pepper if using.
  • Allow to cool slightly, then pour into a waterproof container (suitable to take camping) and refrigerate.

Making the Pies at the Campsite

  • (Optional) Preheat your pie irons over the fire while getting your supplies ready. We recommend multiple square pie irons for this recipe.
  • Gently reheat your gravy in a skillet over low heat.
  • Spray the insides of your pie irons.
  • Open your tube of biscuit dough.
  • On a clean surface, lay out your biscuits.
  • One at a time, gently stretch and flatten a biscuit to about 4 inches, and then place it inside your pie iron.
  • Spoon some gravy, roughly 3-4 tablespoons, onto your dough.
  • Gently stretch another biscuit and place over the gravy.
  • Pinch together to seal the dough.
  • Close pie iron carefully and place over campfire.
  • Cook over fire, flipping occasionally, until dough is cooked. Time needed will depend on how hot your fire is. We start with five minutes on each side and then start checking. It usually takes us about 20 minutes to be done.